Former President Donald Trump said in a July 7 Truth Social post that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is “back to the basics,” crediting what he called the agency’s new leadership—Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino—with refocusing agents on “locking up criminals” and “cleaning up America’s streets.” Trump wrote that “politics” and “corrupt leadership” had previously hamstrung the bureau but claimed its personnel have now been “unleashed to do their jobs.” His remarks offered rare public praise for the FBI, an agency he has frequently criticized since leaving office. Several social-media commentators linked the statement to Trump’s recent decision to abandon plans to release files related to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting the change frees the Justice Department to concentrate on other cases. Trump’s post did not address the Epstein materials directly.